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Calloway Mine

Past Producer in Polk county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202645
MRDS ID K001181
MAS/MILS ID 0471390006
Record type Site
Current site name Calloway Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -84.37302, 35.01261 (WGS84)
Elevation 476
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 6500 FT. SOUTH 20 DEG. EAST OF THE U.S. RT. 64 - TN. RT. 68 INTERCHANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Isabella(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ocoee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Polk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CU AND ZN AVERAGE 2.0 % IN THE UPPER VEIN AND 1.6 % IN THE LOWER VEIN; LESS THAN 1.0 % MAGNETITE; METHANE HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE WALL ROCKS, AND GRAPHITE IN BOTH THE WALL ROCKS AND THE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Graphite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Silver Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -84.37302, 35.01261
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Se Limb Of The Burra Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure name Smaller Superimposed Folds

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 28M
    Length 315M
    Width 213M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 450M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N35E:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 810302
  • General form LENTICULAR - TABULAR
    Length 457.2M
    Depth to bottom 914.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GENERAL METAMORPHIC ROCK TYPE CONSISTS OF METAMORPHOSED GRAYWACKE & GRAYWACKE CONGLOMERATE, AND MICA SCHIST. ADDITIONAL WALLROCK ALTERATION IS RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM.
  • AN UNUSUAL ASSEMBLAGE OF CHLORITE, QUARTZ, GARNET, STAUROLITE AND BIOTITE IS ADJACENT TO THE BIOTITE-SERICITE SCHISTS IN THE WALL ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1853
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1948
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Ducktown District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tennessee Chemical Corp
    ID 4000707
    Interest 100
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cities Service Co.
    Home office Copperhill, Tn. 37317

Comments on the ownership information

  • GENERAL METAMORPHIC ROCK TYPE CONSISTS OF METAMORPHOSED GRAYWACKE & GRAYWACKE CONGLOMERATE, AND MICA SCHIST TENNESSEE CHEMICAL CORP. ADDRESS: 3475 LENOX RD N.E, SUITE 670, ATLANTA, GA 30326 TENNESSEE CHEMICAL PURCHASED ALL PROPERTIES IN THE COPPERHILL DISTRICT FROM CITIES SERVICE CORP IN SEPT 1982 FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING. MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN 1984
  • MOLDING SAND IS PRODUCED FROM UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeO 1 wt-pct Iron Major 1968
    Copper Cu 1.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1968

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M9C4 = M1C1. RESOURCES FROM THIS DEPOSIT NOT INCLUDED IN OFFICIAL DISTRICT RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 950
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 7.02
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1977

Comments on other economic factors

  • ORE FROM THIS DEPOSIT IS HAULED BY THE TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY RAILROAD TO THE COPPERHILL SMELTER. THE ZINC IS SOLD AND SHIPPED TO OFFSITE SMELTERS.
  • BENEFICIATION/SULFUR IS RECOVERED IN THE SMELTING PROCESS AS SULFUR DIOXIDE GAS AND IS USE IN MAKING SULFURIC ACID. GOLD AND SILVER ARE RECOVERED AS BYPRODUCTS FROM THE ELECTROLYTIC REFINING OF BLISTER COPPER PRODUCED IN THE SMELTING PROCESS AND THE PIERCE-SMITH CONVERTER.
  • OPERATING DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEALL, J. W., 1973, COPPER IN THE U. S. -- A POSITION SURVEY
    MINING ENGINEERING: SOC. MINING ENGINEERS, V. 25, NO. 4, P.

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAGEE, MAURICE. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN
    DISTRICT, TENNESSEE IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,
    1933-1967. AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM
    ENGINEERS, V. 1, 1968, PP. 207-241.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W. H., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT
    THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
    PAPER 139, PP. 30-32 & 107.

  • Deposit

    HARDEMAN, W. D., 1970, ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE:
    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    KERR, J. R., RAND, L. H., AND VALLELY, J. L., 1965,
    THE SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY OF EASTERN UNITED STATES:
    U. S. BUR.

  • Deposit

    MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN
    DISTRICT, TENNESSEE IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,
    1967: AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V.
    P. 207-241.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1966, THE COPPER-SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY IN TENNESSEE
    DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 14, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    SAFFORD, J. M., 1869, GEOLOGY OF TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE,
    S. J. MERCER, P. 470-482.

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY DIVISION, 1966, THE TCC STORY:
    COPPER TENN., 3RD ED., PP. 6, 11 & 13.

  • Deposit

    CAMMAROTA, V. A. ET. AL. TRIP REPORT TO TENNESSEE ZINC MINE
    BUMINES MEMORANDUM, JANUARY 8, 1976, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. ANNUAL STATISTICS ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY
    OF TENESSEE. MINERAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS 1948-1976.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 1/28/80.

  • Deposit

    KINKEL, A. A., AND OTHERS, 1968, COPPER AND SULFUR, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 377-38578 09

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 179, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1972, MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, JOINT COMPILATION.

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL MAGEE, CHAPTER IN GRATON-SALES VOLUME

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977/REVISED BY T. Q. LYDAY. 19 IRON OCCURS AS IRON SULFIDE AND MAGNETITE. SULFUR OCCURS IN SULFIDE MINERALS. THE DEPOSIT REVIEWED 11/78. PROPERTY UPDATED SEP 1987
Deposit SCHISTOSITY, BEDDING, AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE ORE BODY ARE ALL GENERALLY CONFORMABLE. THE UPPER PORTION IS STRUCTURALLY MORE COMPLEX THAN THE LOWER PORTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-93 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JUL-73 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority
Updater 01-SEP-78 Geraci, Philip J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-AUG-09 Illo, Diane R. Contractor

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/26/1985
MSHA mine ID4000707
Mine name (MSHA)Calloway Mine
Current operatorTennessee Chemical Company
Current controller (parent)Davis Bruce D
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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